<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Introduction:</bold> Mapping the branching patterns of the thoracoacromial artery has a particular practical importance. Familiarity with the different anatomical variations is essential for successful surgical procedures in the anterior shoulder region.<bold>Case presentation:</bold> We present an unusual anatomical variant observed during the dissection of a cadaver at the Department of Anatomy and Embryology of the “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureş, Romania. According to the classical description, the thoracoacromial artery originates from the second part of the axillary artery, but we observed an unusual branching variation: the thoracoacromial artery provided a subscapular branch right after its origin, then it split into a pectoral branch, the lateral thoracic artery, and a common trunk that gave a second pectoral branch and a deltoid-acromial branch. The clavicular branch was missing.<bold>Conclusions:</bold> The case we presented demonstrates that there are anatomical variations of the axillary artery system that are partially or entirely different from the classical descriptions. Our study describes a variation of the thoracoacromial artery that has not been reported so far.</abstract>

Introduction: Mapping the branching patterns of the thoracoacromial artery has a particular practical importance. Familiarity with the different anatomical variations is essential for successful surgical procedures in the anterior shoulder region.Case presentation: We present an unusual anatomical variant observed during the dissection of a cadaver at the Department of Anatomy and Embryology of the “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureş, Romania. According to the classical description, the thoracoacromial artery originates from the second part of the axillary artery, but we observed an unusual branching variation: the thoracoacromial artery provided a subscapular branch right after its origin, then it split into a pectoral branch, the lateral thoracic artery, and a common trunk that gave a second pectoral branch and a deltoid-acromial branch. The clavicular branch was missing.Conclusions: The case we presented demonstrates that there are anatomical variations of the axillary artery system that are partially or entirely different from the classical descriptions. Our study describes a variation of the thoracoacromial artery that has not been reported so far.

An Anatomical Variation of Terminal Branches of the Thoracoacromial Artery – Case Report

“George Emil Palade” University of Medicine

“George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Introduction: Mapping the branching patterns of the thoracoacromial artery has a particular practical importance. Familiarity with the different anatomical...

An Anatomical Variation of Terminal Branches of the Thoracoacromial Artery – Case Report

Publicado en línea: 20 oct 2020

Páginas: 110 - 113

Recibido: 06 jul 2020

Aceptado: 03 sept 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2020-0018

Palabras clave
thoracoacromial artery, lateral thoracic artery, terminal branches, anatomical variations

© 2020 Loránd Kocsis et al., published by Sciendo

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An Anatomical Variation of Terminal Branches of the Thoracoacromial Artery – Case Report

Publicado en línea: 20 oct 2020

Páginas: 110 - 113

Recibido: 06 jul 2020

Aceptado: 03 sept 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2020-0018

Palabras clavethoracoacromial artery, lateral thoracic artery, terminal branches, anatomical variations

© 2020 Loránd Kocsis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
thoracoacromial artery, lateral thoracic artery, terminal branches, anatomical variations